Malacqua : four days of rain in the city of Naples, waiting for the occurrence of an extraordinary event / Nicola Pugliese ; translated by Shaun Whiteside
"First published as Malacqua in 1977 by Giulio Einaudi; reprinted in 2003 by Casa Editrice Pironti"--Title page verso
"After a four-day deluge, Naples is flooded. Buildings collapse, sinkholes appear. Strange events spread across the city: ghostly voices emanate from a medieval castle and five-lire coins begin to play music, but only to ten-year-old children. A melancholy journalist searches for meaning as the narrative takes us into the minds of those who have suffered in the floods. Despite phenomenal initial success, the novel was withdrawn from publication at the author's request, and not reissued until after his death in 2012. To this day, Malacqua remains a timely critique and a richly peopled portrait of a much-mythologised city."--Page 4 of cover
